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Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Discusses Orange Pride and Four Important Goals in 2019 Winter Message to the Community

Monday, January 14, 2019, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke of the many reasons for Orange pride and four important goals for the next six months in his Winter Message, which he delivered on Monday, Jan. 14, to a standing-room-only audience in the Jack and Laura…

STEM

Syracuse University Student Ventures Advance in National Round of Student Startup Madness

Monday, January 14, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University student startups OptechVR—co-founded by Whitman first-year student Matt Shumer and Newhouse first-year student Sam Hollander—and Tableau Media—a venture by Hanna Seraji, an anthropology, women’s and gender studies and communication and rhetorical studies major, along with SU alumna Gabriela…

Military Times

Veteran Unemployment Rates Reach New Low

Monday, January 14, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Nick Armstrong, senior director for research and evaluation at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, was interviewed by Military Times for the article “Vet unemployment hit an all-time low in 2018. Mission accomplished?” In the article, Armstrong says that “the…

Campus & Community

Vice Chancellor J. Michael Haynie Named University Professor

Friday, January 11, 2019, By News Staff

J. Michael Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and the Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship, has been named a University Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. The distinction—a four-year, renewable appointment—is granted to faculty who excel in…

STEM

Demonstrating Green Building Technologies in China

Thursday, January 10, 2019, By Jay Cox

When College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang set out to develop a software platform that would integrate and optimize the design of green buildings, little did he know it would lead to an international collaborative project…

Media Tip Sheets

Amazon Took Microsoft’s Top Spot – Could Other Online Retail Companies Be Next?

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

This week, Amazon became the world’s most valuable publicly traded U.S. company for the first time, passing tech giant Microsoft which had taken over the top spot in late 2018. Ray Wimer is an assistant professor of retail practice at…

Campus & Community

University Monitoring Winter Weather and Travel Conditions for Thursday, Jan. 10

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University continues to monitor weather conditions and assess travel conditions to and from campus pertaining to the Winter Storm Warning issued for Wednesday, Jan. 9, through the early evening of Thursday, Jan. 10. This effort includes reviewing the most…

Media Tip Sheets

Five Things To Know About January’s Total Lunar Eclipse

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

This month’s rare total eclipse will be the last one visible from the United States until 2022. Walter Freeman is an assistant teaching professor in the Physics Department at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Freeman answers five questions…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Kent Syverud to Deliver 2019 Winter Message Jan. 14

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

Syracuse University students, faculty and staff are invited to attend Chancellor Kent Syverud’s 2019 Winter Message to the University community. The event is on Monday, Jan. 14, at 3:45 p.m. in the Jack and Laura Hanhausen Milton Atrium in the…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Matriculates Inaugural JDinteractive Class

Tuesday, January 8, 2019, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law matriculated 32 students into the inaugural JDinteractive (JDi) class in a Jan. 7 ceremony in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall. JDinteractive is the nation’s first fully interactive online law degree. The ABA-accredited program…